Page Target Of Attack

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

April 5, 1995

A former Led Zeppelin fan who now calls the band's music "satanic" was arrested for allegedly trying to stab guitarist Jimmy Page.

Four people, including two attending Friday's concert in Auburn Hills, Mich., suffered minor cuts when Lance Alworth Cunningham slashed at them with a pocket knife as he dropped onto the floor behind the stage, police said.

"He said he was going to `off Jimmy Page,' " Police Chief John Dalton said.

Page, who was playing during the Page-Robert Plant concert, was unaware of what was happening about 50 feet away, police said. The attacker was subdued by employees and a stage hand.

Cunningham, 23, remained jailed on Tuesday on three counts of felonious assault and one count of aggravated assault.